Children’s Books on Freedom

Apr 22

Written By Olive Branch

For Children Ages 3-7 Years

My Own Way: Celebrating Gender Freedom for Kids

By Estrela, Joana, Hulme, Jay

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins

By Weatherford, Carole Boston

Freedom Soup

By Charles, Tami

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

By Krull, Kathleen

For Children Ages 5-9 Years

Freedom Summer

By Wiles, Deborah

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Reading Rainbow Books)

By Deborah Hopkinson

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

By Ellen Levine

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))

By Tonatiuh, Duncan

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